[opendtv] Re: Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help

100,000 have gone to Freesat since *May*, not March.

Bert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manfredi, Albert E 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:43 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help
> 
> Looks more expensive to make the switch in the UK, except for 
> an eligible subset of people. And it looks like some regions 
> will be going to Freesat by default, rather than DTT.
> 
> I'm wondering why the percentage of viewers using Freesat 
> won't soon outnumber Freeview. That same DTG web site says 
> 100,000 have gone to Freesat since March.
> 
> Bert
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=3134
> 
> Freeview selected for West Country Switchover help
> 
> The Switchover Help Scheme has chosen Freeview as the 
> standard offer of practical help for eligible older and 
> disabled people in the ITV West Country region. Those aged 
> over 75, registered blind or partially sighted or are 
> entitled to certain disability benefits.
> 
> Eligible people in the ITV West Country region will be 
> offered a Freeview set top box installed on one of their TVs, 
> at a subsidised cost of £40, or free if they also get income 
> benefits. They will also be offered a demonstration of how to 
> use the equipment.
> 
> The Switchover Help Scheme will also test eligible people's 
> aerial, if they own one, and upgrade it if needed to receive 
> the digital signal, for the same cost. People unable to 
> receive television through an aerial will be offered 
> satellite equipment instead (Freesat from BBC and ITV).
> 
> The Help Scheme determines the standard offer, or most cost 
> effective option, in each successive switchover region 
> following a process set out in the Scheme Agreement between 
> the Government and the BBC.
> 
> The standard offer in the ITV Border region, which will be 
> the first area to switch to digital, is a Sky satellite 
> system. Sky did not make a bid to be standard offer in the 
> West Country.
> 
> DTG Staff 30.09.2008
> 
 
 
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